A study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities concludes that U.S. political policy is determined by the economic elite, not the majority of citizens.

This is what .world and .works are fighting to keep in place, with their rabid anti* communism.

This is what racism and anticommunism, anti LGBTQ are fighting to preserve and send to poorest to die to achieve and expand it.

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[–] 56 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is true, but also this study was from 2014

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    And even then, it was looking at the time period between 1981 and 2002, before Citizens United kicked things into overdrive.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago*

    Yep - Heritage Foundation. Started in ‘73 by rich creeps (Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors (yes the beer Coors)) who began to see the real fruits of their investment with Reagan.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Fully agree with the conclusion of the study.

    I am baffled at why you felt the need to attempt to start an instance beef, though. Really feels like you’re painting with far too broad of a brush - not to mention, instance beefs entirely distract from the (very valid and salient) point being made in the article.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Kindly take that instance beef nonsense back to subreddit drama. There's a wide diversity of opinions on the larger instances. Not everyone's a liberal.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah no. Keep that instance fight for other people. Here we agree to such a large degree that instance fighting does more harm than good.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I’m not trying to keep this shit government in place, I’m a communist who thinks the abolition of currency is a fine starting point.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    No need to get rid of currency. Not at first, it's too useful in daily life.

    Just get rid of the harmful parts, like 99% of the stock market and private equity and charging people for healthcare or housing.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm with you, money is the root of all evil

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Money is a tool. The lust of money is the root of all evil.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Ironic that Princeton is saying this. Being a wealthy school, are they pro or anti?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    It was designed this way from the start. Examining the American Revolution from a critical lens reveals a very different story than what Americans are taught.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    From the federal government all the way down to local, corporations usually have their way.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    What's ant communism? Ants are by definition communists...right?

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    This is what .world and .works are fighting to keep in place, with their rabid anti* communism.

    You know where you aaaaarrre? You’re in the lefty jungle, baby!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The liberals are entitled their misguided opinions, just like everybody else. The community is small enough without trying to divide it further.

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